Delivering as One at the Regional and Subregional Levels in Support of the AU and its NEPAD Programm

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Delivering as One at the Regional and Subregional
Levels in Support of the AU and its NEPAD
ProgrammeReport to the 10th Session of the
Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM)

• RCM-Africa Secretariat
• 5-6 November 2009

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Outline

• Strengthening the RCM and its Cluster System
• Effective cooperation among UN agencies
• Cooperation between UN and African regional and
  subregional organizations
• Institutional support to the AU, NEPAD
  Secretariat, and RECs
• Advocacy and Communication Results
• Issues for Consideration
• Way Forward

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Strengthening the RCM and its Cluster System

• Effective cooperation among UN agencies
• Substantive support to the organization and
  implementation of cluster activities
• Notable example-Regional Media Dialogue on NEPAD
  (19-20 February 2009)
• Increased technical and operational backstopping
  for the clusters
• Clusters routinely inform each other of
  developments in respective areas and solicit
  inputs to enhance their work
• Unable to develop business plan for RCM
• Hampering joint mobilization of resources and
  monitoring and evaluation system for mechanism

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Strengthening the RCM and its Cluster System

• Cooperation between UN and African regional and
  subregional organizations
• Increased enthusiasm and heighten participation
  by members in their respective cluster
• Intensified efforts by cluster to establish
  business plans to embark on interagency joint
  programming and joint implementation of specific
  projects
• 3 have developed business plans
• Social and Human Development, Peace and Security
  and Environment, Urbanization and Population
• Significant increase in UN support to areas of
  focus of AU and its NEPAD programme
• supported the AU in producing 5 year review
  report on implementation of the Ouagadougou Plan
  of Action on Employment and Poverty Alleviation
  

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Strengthening the RCM and its Cluster System

• Institutional Support to the AU, NEPAD
  Secretariat, and RECs
• Analytical Studies
• Assessment of the Role of the Private Sector and
  Civil Society in the implementation of the NEPAD
  programme, June 2009
• Shared Knowledge
• Consultative meeting to discuss modalities to
  effectively support AU in the context of UN-AU
  Cooperation Framework
• Briefing session on needs assessment mission to
  NEPAD Secretariat
• Technical Support
• Special Session of the APF on Climate Change (2-3
  September 2009)
• AU/NEPAD Africa Action Plan
• Training workshop for officials from the NEPAD
  Secretariat, the RECs and other implementing
  organs Project planning, monitoring and
  evaluation on implementation of the AU/NEPAD
  African Action Plan early December 2009
• Open Forum on NEPAD, 7 November 2009 to enhance
  ownership and partnership in NEPAD programme
• Advisory Services
• Provided NEPAD Secretariat expertise in areas of
  Knowledge Management and Communication

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Strengthening the RCM and its Cluster System

• Advocacy and Communication
• Developed an advocacy and communication strategy
  for the RCM
• Branding of RCM-Africa
• Exhibition to showcase cluster joint outputs and
  promote Delivering as One concept (4-7 November
  2009)
• Promotes achievements of UN support to the AU and
  its NEPAD programme
• AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and
  Finance ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance,
  Planning and Economic Development ICE meetings

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Strengthening the RCM and its Cluster System

• Exemplary Clusters Social and Human Development
  and Peace and Security
• Communication and engagement among clusters
• Level of participation by AU
• Activities aligned with the AU and NEPAD
  programme priorities
• ITMA and Infrastructure Development cluster
  functioning requires improvement
• UNDP has been very supportive, ILO and UNEP have
  also provided support to the Secretariat

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Results

• Moved from inter-agency consultative meeting to a
  mechanism for providing coherent and coordinated
  support to African regional and sub regional
  organizations
• Beneficiaries-AU, NEPAD Secretariat, and RECs -
  now part and parcel of the mechanism, from what
  initially started as a UN affair
• Delivering as One concept gained increased
  acceptance with UN agencies rethinking their way
  of working to move to a more collective approach

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Issues for Consideration

• RCM should be placed within UN architecture and
  linked to HLCP
• Facilitate greater institutional commitment,
  buy-in, leadership
• Develop business plan for RCM clusters should
  submit their respective business plans for
  consolidation
• African regional and subregional organizations
  should designate focal points to different
  clusters
• Dedicate resources from members in support of RCM
  Secretariat to operate like a full fledged
  Secretariat

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Way Forward
There is a need for

• Financing mechanism to support functioning of the
  RCM Secretariat
• Establishment of a ME system for the RCM
• Development of TORs for all clusters
• Focus on capacity building of African regional
  and sub regional organizations
• Learning from UNCT and the UNDAF mechanism at the
  country level